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  1. How do you deal with an angry/anxious patient?

    tiredfeetED replied to tiroka03's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a patient yesterday in the ED who was very upset because he had waited 30 min in the lobby for visit. Were a 18 Bed ED with 5 fast track, 6 ICU holds at the time. I was told this guy wanted to...

  2. Nurses and doctors...

    tiredfeetED replied to nursing 101's topic in General Nursing

    That reminds me of the ED doc (as a joke) gave a verbal order for coffee..the nurse came back with some coffee put on his station and then twirled her finger in it and stated "Here is your coffee nice...

  3. foot wear

    tiredfeetED replied to jonurse's topic in General Nursing

    Have to say dansko rock..have mine for about 3 weeks now...so nice to slip out your shoe with ease. I wear them with my jeans too...My GF thinks im wierd wearin these shoes but, 13 hrs in a ED rarely...

  4. Nurses and Blood Draws?

    tiredfeetED replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    Thats too bad that you are not taught how to draw blood. In our second semester we spent a day with a phlebo drawing bloods...I admit at the time i was scared. Now a days I put a IV in and get bloods...

  5. ATCN vs TNCC

    tiredfeetED replied to mommatrauma's topic in Emergency

    I felt ATCN was much easier, test was shorter than TNCC. I did take the ATCN 1.5 years after TNCC and already had a better understanding of Trauma care... I also felt that the stuff in ATCN was very...

  6. dislodged G-tubes

    tiredfeetED replied to safc1111's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Dont use a stylet like i seen a ED doc do..the patient may comeback with bowel all in the wrong

  7. Why do so many nurses seem to dislike working in Med/Surg

    tiredfeetED replied to LovePeaceJoy's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you Med/surg nurses....I belive that M/S nursing is a highly skilled area..Careplans, teaching to the patient and the family and much more. In the ED, majority of the time we handle the acute...

  8. Out with "Nurse" In with...?

    tiredfeetED replied to The Veridican's topic in General Nursing

    Dont piss off the Medics!!!! They rock!!! Some of the medic I know can titrate any drip, full of knowledge and can handle the toughest patients under uncontroled

  9. When circ's go bad...

    tiredfeetED replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think I would of choked my MOM and DAd if i was not circed as a newborn. Your teenage years are already hard as it is! Dont add that into the

  10. Me, Myself, and HIPPA

    tiredfeetED replied to goodknight's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Sounds like your like what your learning...What you described wont get you in trouble..No names, say 70ish and be general nothing that could be traced to single person. Its funny my fiance stated one...

  11. Refusing to be trained for "Charge"

    tiredfeetED replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    As Charge of a ED, I am not suppose to take patients....I do breaks, put out fires (complaing families, nurses, etc.), all the doctors come to me an whine about something, my supervisors come to...

  12. ER the T.V. Show

    tiredfeetED replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    ER rox...I think i have watched them all...I wouldnt want to work there tho..To many damn doctors... Scrubs is the best show! I love it when they stole jello/ pudding from the lounge because they were...

  13. LVN Vs. RN?

    tiredfeetED replied to elleon's topic in General Nursing

    Wow...you sound like our LVNs...they are strong, one has way more experience than i do 30yrs and thats ICU-neuro, Cardio,shoot she taught me things I never seen....We have another that is a Medic...

  14. Out with "Nurse" In with...?

    tiredfeetED replied to The Veridican's topic in General Nursing

    I believe the name "nurse" should stay, but we should change the image of nursing to the public.... There are nights in the ED that there is 8 Male nurses, LVNs and RNs. I can understand what the...

  15. LVN Vs. RN?

    tiredfeetED replied to elleon's topic in General Nursing

    Sure there are jobs out there for LVNs, there through out california. In our ED we have VNs.. They make about 10 dollars less than our RNs (which is around 16-18). The LVNs do about everything...They...

  16. Trauma Cart?

    tiredfeetED posted a topic in Emergency

    Yesterday, our rural ED had a bad MVC in which a pt. ended up getting RSI. The Pt. lost pressure and a pulse in which a thoracotomy was performed. We have to get meds from a pyxis type machine and...

  17. Two newbie questions

    tiredfeetED replied to zaggar's topic in Men in Nursing

    One injection, one iv start on each other. As for gender issues..I Dont cath ped females, I rarely cath females in general. The other nurses in the ED cath them for me...If it was a all guy...

  18. What kind of nursing do you do????

    tiredfeetED replied to dspring's topic in Men in Nursing

    I went to school to work in the ED, thats where i work...I truly do love it even if it is chaotic at times, stressful majority of the times but something about getting anything and everthing that...

  19. Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

    tiredfeetED replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    I dont believe that you should be required to wear tshirt but, I never ever.....go to work without one underneath...I do not know what happen, but around 24 a jungle grew out of my chest...occasionaly...

  20. Potassium piggybacks

    tiredfeetED replied to starcandy's topic in General Nursing

    10 meq/ hr periphal, 20/hr meq central, havent seen 40 meq in 100 in along time....and your right 20 meq in a 1000 cc doesnt hurt, but your not going to bolus 1liter/hr unless they need fluids..cuz...

  21. Why did you become a nurse instead of a doctor?

    tiredfeetED replied to GlowBear500's topic in General Nursing

    I actually have thought of going back to school for the past couple of years to become A md/do. At 28, I have a child and one on they way and think that it is not worth taking the time away from...

  22. eating at the desk

    tiredfeetED replied to dkarlin's topic in General Nursing

    3 years ago, when i started my job we were allowed to drink coffee out at the desk. Then the no drink at desk policy came out....Now, being charge nurse I rarely have drink at the desk in the ED...

  23. eating at the desk

    tiredfeetED replied to dkarlin's topic in General Nursing

    3 years ago, when i started my job we were allowed to drink coffee out at the desk. Then the no drink at desk policy came out....Now, being charge nurse I rarely have drink at the desk in the ED...

  24. where are the nursing shortages?

    tiredfeetED replied to jenago's topic in General Nursing

    Here in Central Cali, We are down about 30 RNs, thats about 8-10 in ED plus a Emergency Deparment manager, 4 in ICU, atleast 4 in Tele, a couple in Pediatircs, 4 MS, 4 OB, 2 in radiology. We have a...

  25. What is your sick call policy?

    tiredfeetED replied to at your cervix's topic in General Nursing

    This is very similar to ours. We also have policy of 1/2 incident for tardy which begins 1 min pass 0645, 2 tardys are equal of missing 1 12 hour shift. dont know how 2min= 12 hours but at our...